Ribe Katedralskole

55°19′35.07″N 8°45′37.56″E

Ribe Katedralskole
Address
Puggaardsgade 22, 6760 Ribe Denmark
Information
School type	Gymnasium Private high school
Motto	Latin: Litteris et artibus (Literature and [the] Arts)
Denomination	Church of Denmark
Established	c. 1145
President	Bishop Elisabeth Dons Christensen
Rector	Kristian Bennike
Gender	Coeducational
Affiliations	Ribe Cathedral
Website	http://www.ribekatedralskole.dk/

Ribe Katedralskole is a cathedral school in the town of Ribe, Denmark. The school was first mentioned in 1145, making it one of the oldest schools in the world. The oldest building still in use, Puggård, is from the fourteenth century. Except for churches, this is the oldest Scandinavian building still used for its original purpose.

Today the school is an independent school functioning as a modern high school (Danish: Gymnasium og HFkursus).

Famous alumni

Famous Alumni	Year	Occupation
Peder Palladius		Bishop, Author
Hans Thomesen	1550	Hymn writer
Anders Sørensen Vedel	1561	Author, Historian
Anders Bording	1637	Editor
H. A. Brorson	1712	Danish Pietist clergyman and Hymn writer.
Henning Frederik Feilberg	1849	Author, Folklorist
Eugenius Warming	1859	Botanist
Jacob A. Riis	Did not graduate	Journalist, pioneer of American photojournalism
Jørgen Pedersen Gram	1868	Mathematician, forsikringsmand[clarification needed]
Hans Brix	1887	Author, Critic, Professor
Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen	1965	Author, mag.art, Director
Holger K. Nielsen	1969	Politician
Per Vers[1]	?	Rapper
Henrik Dahl	1978	Author, Sociologist
Rune Engelbreth Larsen	1986	Author, Politician
Katrine Winkel Holm	1989	Theologian, Debater, Boardmember of Danmarks Radio